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US accused of smuggling tons of grain from Syria
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US military trucks were reported to have smuggled tons of grain from Syria’s north-eastern Hasakah province via an illegal border crossing on Saturday.

At least 40 vehicles entered the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq via the al-Waleed border crossing in the al-Yarubiyah region, according to local sources. 

The convoy was laden with wheat crops from the Jazira region of Syria and eyewitnesses claim the US trucks were accompanied by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces.

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